Opinion

Songs God wants to hear: spiritual songs – the widest range of genres

[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] God wants to hear psalms … and … hymns … and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16). We know what psalms and hymns are, and […]

The incurable romantic

God’s love for his bride should be reflected in our marriages Aided and abetted by the growing aggression of the gay movement both in the West generally and in Israel – cradle of Judeo-Christian civilisation – traditional marriage is facing unprecedented opposition. South African evangelist and friend of Israel Angus […]

Golden future for Jesus followers

[notice]South African-born Christian journalist Charles Gardner, who has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since the late 1970s, reflects on the Olympic Games in the wake of Britain’s best-ever Olympic performance.[/notice] As the Olympic Games shows increasing signs of returning to its pagan roots, the humility amid personal brilliance […]

Blasphemy laws focus of US State Department’s religious freedom report

A brief overview of the US State Department’s 2015 International Religious Freedom Report Originally published in World Watch Monitor The following are a selection of news stories covered over the past three months that highlight the extent of the suppression of religious freedom: Algerian Christian gets maximum sentence for ‘blasphemy’ Chinese […]

‘China’s Christian future’

[notice]Despite rampant persecution carried out against Christians by China’s Communist leaders, a leading Chinese writer has argued that Christianity – not Confucianism, Communism, or Atheism – is the country’s future. Yu Jie, a best-selling Chinese author and one of the foremost critics of the country’s leadership, recently penned in an op-ed […]